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March 15, 2008

This pink erica is the new arrival in my garden. My garden is missing some color January-March and this cute volunteer will fill that gap. It did not volunteer exactly :) I was not polite enough to ask that question. This post is a contribution to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - tradition started by Carol at May Dreams Gardens.

When I took it out from pot for planting today I saw how roots look like. They have to be pruned, to make it possible to grow roots properly. Otherwise they will develop very very slowly.

This white erica is blooming since December constantly - I just forgot about it for previous GBBD.

Second volunteer new comer. Are they not sweet? I loved the color.

Hellebores - on the picture above you see 3 plants. They are great example of how choice of not proper place is limiting the development of them. First two on the left were planted in the bright shadow - I hoped that they will get enough light. But look what happened.

1 year later I planted additional one on the right - can you see how profusely it is blooming? Number of flowers can't be compared. So I am planning to replant it and change the place for the first two.

Crocuses still in flowers...

Pulsatilla is about to bloom, but I couldn't stop myself to picture these amazing hairy buds...

Grass blooming - right? I do not rememebr the name of it. If you know please let me know.

Chinodoxa

My visit at garden shop made my very excited and I couldn't stop myself. Walking around, looking at all beauties. Thinking which one to invite to the garden. After one hour finally I decided that beside erica mentioned at the beginning, astrantia major will be going...

Hello, this is my first visit to your garden. Your photographs are wonderful; the drop of water falling off the bloom was one of my favorites. And you speak so poetically about inviting flowers into your garden...thanks for a lovely visit.

Ewa, you have done a wonderful job in showing the beauty of the ericas, I find them very difficult to photograph well, even though they add so much to the winter garden, as you mention. You have captured the hellebore's inner self well also. I have wanted to try the pulsatilla, your photo may be the push I needed to go ahead. Thanks!

Ewa - your garden flowers look gorgeous. I see on Polish weather report tonight that snow is forecast for tomorrow. Hope all those nice new buds that are appearing in my garden are not frosted like last year!

What type of camera do you use for your pictures? You are obviously very talented photographer. Greetings from Jelonki, Warsaw west

Ewa - loved your photos, but the absolutely most stunning is the water droplet hanging from the white hellebore. That's a magazine cover shot if I ever saw one.

By the way - I saw your photo of the Doors and it brought back a great memory. When I was in high school in 1969, my rock and roll band was the opening act for The Doors at a concert in San Diego. How cool is that?

Weed whackin' adventures, butterfly? you are right. it looks so delicate and vulnerable in the wind :)

Carol,Thank you for visiting and commenting. I try to extend blooming to maximum. So far I last months, every month something was blooming.

Lintys,I try to have blooms all year round :)

Bonnie,Erica is very useful plant, cos there are kinds that start to bloom in January.

Jodie,I wonder what is the reason with your hellebore spell :) that puzzles me since I red about it in your blog.

Melanie,I never transplanted hellebore before - will give a try. Anyway they do not develop properly, so they will have a choice either get used to new place or go for good :) plants usually understand that condition :)

Salix tree,Thank you for visiting my blog and thank you for nice comment :)

Katarina,Ericas, ericas... :) adding color to winter garden.

Marc,Well frased :) This is how the garden or plants work on me - leave repository of colors :)

Gail,Welcome to my blog :) I am happy that you liked my photography and also that my English sounds poetically to you - thats very nice, thank you :)

Surya,Welcome to my blog and please come again :)

Frances,I like erica and I was trying to figure out how to show its beauty - cos as you said, on the photopgraphs their charm usually disappears. You made me very happy saying, that I caught it :)

Mr. mcgregor's daughter,Yes, it is H. Niger.

Anonymus from Jelonki,Welcome to my blog :) I am happy to see someone from neighbourhood :) Thank you very much for compliments. I am using simple and little canon powershot 570 - it can give some joy.Please visit me again. If you can read in Polish you are welcomed on my other blogwww.nastrojowyogrod.pl

Billie,You are my hero! OMG! OMG! OMG!did you?????? thats VERY VERY cool :) please share with us some memoires from that event - I am so curious :)

Ewa - I'd love to continue my story about playing with The Doors - actually, it happened twice - but I'd rather not do it through your blog comments. If you want to send an e-mail to my e-mail (billygoodnick@yahoo.com) I can fill you in. I've also opened for the Jackson 5, played a few tunes with Little Richard, and had a few other brushes with legends.

Billie,yes, this subject might be boring to some other readers :)To tease you little bit, I worked as concert organiser in the past and I had the pleasure to meet Uriah Heep (14 concerts tour in Bulgaria), Miles Davis, Glenn Miller Orchestra and few other great names :) But, its better if we switch off line.Greetings,E.